As crafters get more sophisticated, craft books must evolve along with them. This book caters to crafters who are ready to move beyond curtains, placemats,and other flat rectangular items with simple construction (the focus of TeachYourself VISUALLY Sewing) and sew their own garments. Basic sewing tools and skills are reviewed, but this book focuses on the specialized tools and techniques involved in garment sewing--marking and cutting pattern pieces; making darts, pleats, and gathers; working with facings and underfacings; and much more. With the economy struggling, more and more people are looking both to save money on new items and to extend the lives of the things they already own. Thisbook gives readers the tools they need to create fashionable items to enhancetheir wardrobes at a fraction of the cost of purchasing new garments, as wellas the skills to repair and repurpose garments found in their closets or purchased inexpensively at thrift stores. There are approximately 12 new patterns in the book. There is minimal overlap from TYV Sewing 2E regarding tools and techniques, but this book focuses on sewing garments rather than sewing generally.Carole Ann Camp (Sunderland, MA) is the co-author of Sew What! Skirts and TheComplete Idiots Guide to Sewing Illustrated. She also served as the technicalwriter for the book Twinkle Sews, by fashion designer Wenlan Chia. She has written and edited more than twenty books on a variety of non-crafting topics aswell.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-54297-2
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 29/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés